Collected Stories (Perennial Classics)

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Part One. Eyes of a Blue Dog Chapter 1. "The Third Resignation Chapter 2. "The Other Side of Death Chapter 3. "Eva Is Inside Her Cat Chapter 4. "Bitterness for Three Sleepwalkers Chapter 5. "Dialogue with the Mirror Chapter 6. "Eyes of a Blue Dog Chapter 7. "The Woman Who Came at Six O'Clock Chapter 8. "Nabo: The Black Man Who Made the Angels Wait Chapter 9. "Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses Chapter 10. "The Night of the Curlews Chapter 11. "Monologue of Isabel Watching It Rain in Macondo

Part Three. The Incredible and Sad Tale Of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother Chapter 20. "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings Chapter 21. "The Sea of Lost Time Chapter 22. "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World Chapter 23. "Death Constant Beyond Love Chapter 24. "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship Chapter 25. "Blacaman the Good, Vendor of Miracles Chapter 26. "The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother

Synopsis:

Collected here are twenty-six of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most brilliant and enchanting short stories, presented in the chronological order of their publication in Spanish from three volumes: Eyes of a Blue Dog,Big Mama's Funeral, and The Incredibleand Sad Tale of lnnocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother.Combining mysticism, history, and humor, the stories in this collection span more than two decades, illuminating the development of Marquez's prose and exhibiting the themes of family, poverty, and death that resound throughout his fiction.

Synopsis:

Collected here are twenty-six of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most brilliant and enchanting short stories, presented in the chronological order of their publication in Spanish from three volumes: Eyes of a Blue Dog,Big Mama's Funeral, and The Incredible and Sad Tale of lnnocent Er&eacute;ndira and Her Heartless Grandmother. Combining mysticism, history, and humor, the stories in this collection span more than two decades, illuminating the development of Marquez's prose and exhibiting the themes of family, poverty, and death that resound throughout his fiction.

About the Author

Gabriel Garc&iacute;a M&aacute;rquez was born in Colombia in 1927. His many books include The Autumn of the Patriarch; No One Writes to the Colonel; Love in the Time of Cholera; a memoir, Living to Tell the Tale; and, most recently, a novel, Memories of My Melancholy Whores. Gabriel Garc&iacute;a M&aacute;rquez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

"Synopsis"
by Harper Collins,
Collected here are twenty-six of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most brilliant and enchanting short stories, presented in the chronological order of their publication in Spanish from three volumes: Eyes of a Blue Dog,Big Mama's Funeral, and The Incredibleand Sad Tale of lnnocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother.Combining mysticism, history, and humor, the stories in this collection span more than two decades, illuminating the development of Marquez's prose and exhibiting the themes of family, poverty, and death that resound throughout his fiction.

"Synopsis"
by Harper Collins,
Collected here are twenty-six of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most brilliant and enchanting short stories, presented in the chronological order of their publication in Spanish from three volumes: Eyes of a Blue Dog,Big Mama's Funeral, and The Incredible and Sad Tale of lnnocent Er&eacute;ndira and Her Heartless Grandmother. Combining mysticism, history, and humor, the stories in this collection span more than two decades, illuminating the development of Marquez's prose and exhibiting the themes of family, poverty, and death that resound throughout his fiction.

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